American Saturday courier: vol. 21, no. 22

EXAGGERATIONS OF MORMONISM. It would seem by recent accounts from Utah, that the Mormon territory embraces but a small fraction of the population which has been ascribed to it. The Washington National Intelligencer says: -"Accounts from the Great Salt Lake are received to April 20th. The Indians have given the Mor-mons much trouble by stealing their horses and otherwise committing depredations upon their property. The population of Great Salt Lake city is now estimated at only four thousand. Money is scarce. Wheat is four dollars a bushel." It is very possible that the reports about the hun-dred thousands of converts gained to Mormonism in England have been exaggerated in the same proportion. The intelligence must have come through Mormon sources, which should require at least one good endorser before being credited to such an amount.

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EXAGGERATIONS OF MORMONISM. It would seem by recent accounts from Utah, that the Mormon territory embraces but a small fraction of the population which has been ascribed to it. The Washington National Intelligencer says: -"Accounts from the Great Salt Lake are received to April 20th. The Indians have given the Mor-mons much trouble by stealing their horses and otherwise committing depredations upon their property. The population of Great Salt Lake city is now estimated at only four thousand. Money is scarce. Wheat is four dollars a bushel." It is very possible that the reports about the hun-dred thousands of converts gained to Mormonism in England have been exaggerated in the same proportion. The intelligence must have come through Mormon sources, which should require at least one good endorser before being credited to such an amount.